Adopt A Shelter Cat Month

Did you know that June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month? In my mind this event should come every month, but we’ll take June. Why was June chosen for this special event? It’s really pretty simple, this is when shelters all over the country are inundated with cats and kittens. Cats start breeding in late December and start giving birth just 8 weeks later. By June, kittens are being born in huge numbers.

The Humane Society is currently caring for 315 cats and kittens. 115 of those are in volunteer foster homes leaving almost 200 at the shelter with about 20 cats at our two satelite adoption centers in the Petsmarts in Latham and Glenmont. That is a lot of cats. So far this year our intake of cats is up 25% over last year to date. Some of that is due to several hoarding cases we have already handled this year, but it is looking like much of the issue may be related to the economy, people just can’t afford to care for their pets and many are being born because cats are not enough cats being spayed or neutered.

We have been promoting cat adoption through a variety of special adoption deals for the last several weeks and now we want to celebrate Adopt a Shelter Cat Month. For the remainder of June all cats older than 6 months old will be FREE, kittens 6 months and younger will have their adoption fee reduced to $75 (normally $100). So if you’re considering adding another kitty (or two) to the mix, now is the time to do it.
Not only will you get a cat that is already spayed or neutered, vaccinated, dewormed, treated with flea and tick preventative, you will also receive a free bag of Science Diet cat food and 30 days of free pet insurance. All of that pales in comparison to the love and affection you will receive from your new kitty for years to come.

Getting cats adopted by itself isn’t enough to stem the tide of cats coming into shelters, we also need to spay and neuter cats that are already out there.

If you already have a cat and cant afford to spay or neuter him or her, you can click here to see if you qualify for our low cost spay/neuter program.

Do you have feral cats around your home or business? If you’re in the Town of Colonie, you can trap them and bring them to us to spay/neuter for FREE, then they can be returned to where they came from. Click here for more information.

If you can’t adopt another cat and your cats are already spayed or neutered, you can still help:

Download a copy of our ‘Why Spay or Neuter’ brochure [PDF] to encourage people to spay or neuter their pets. You can also pick them up at the Society

Make a donation to help us continue or free and low cost adoptions. It is very costly to provide care for all of the cats that end up being adopted for free so we need your help to keep programs like this going.